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Does every retail store have a weird old lady who comes in and rants to whatever associate she sees first? (hexbear.net)

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I've worked at three hardware stores and each one had one of these ladies.

Seriously, one just spent like half an hour ranting to me about how she thinks the local gas and electric company is conspiring against her.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Customers are literally throwing a temper tantrum when you simply state "no, we can not do that/have not in stock, etc..." - people sometimes will just trauma dump randomly. It is a job that is requires skills found in social workers and therapists. It is exhausting. I remember the summer job, I had as a teen and oh god - never again.